Town Of Westwood Town Hall

The Town of Westwood Fire Department, a municipal government entity in Westwood, Massachusetts, operates as a federal grant recipient rather than a federal contractor. The department has received two prime federal grants totaling $259,138.30 and acts as a sub-recipient on approximately thirty additional federal education, nutrition, emergency management, and disaster-recovery grants flowing through Massachusetts state agencies. The department does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles.

Westwood Fire Department's prime grant activity centers on two recent awards. The first, a $125,000 award from the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grants (CFDA 93.276), began July 1, 2026, and runs through June 30, 2031. The award funds the Westwood Cares Drug-Free Communities Support Program, which reduces and prevents youth substance use through coalition-building and community intervention. The program targets a 10 percent increase in adult and youth coalition membership, implements a digital youth alcohol prevention campaign reaching 75 percent of parents and guardians of middle and high school students, develops peer-led social marketing to increase peer disapproval of marijuana use among grades 9-12, and expands substance-free after-school activities for grades 6-12 by 10 percent. The second prime award, a $134,138.30 project grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program (CFDA 97.044) awarded September 27, 2025, supports equipment acquisition, firefighter training, and health and wellness initiatives through September 26, 2027.

The bulk of Westwood's federal footprint comprises thirty sub-recipient grants flowing through Massachusetts state agencies, primarily the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. These sub-awards span child nutrition programs (School Lunch, Child and Adult Care Food Service), special education services (IDEA Parts B and C), Title I educational equity grants, supporting effective instruction programs, and cybersecurity strengthening assistance. The Emergency Management Agency of Massachusetts channels additional sub-awards to Westwood for infrastructure (culvert projects) and COVID-19 pandemic response. Combined obligated dollars across all thirty-four awards total $4.2 million. The portfolio shows activity concentration in the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (13 awards), the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (7 awards), and FEMA (6 awards). Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. Westwood's federal posture is entirely sub-recipient and municipal — the department generates no prime contract revenue and does not pursue federal contracts through commercial vehicles or set-asides.